All coaching class and private tuitions teaching school students located within Manipur as well as all boarding and hostels in schools and private hostels accommodating students has been ordered to continue to be suspended or closed with immediate effect and until further orders in the public interest.
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Manipur Government on Tuesday announced the closure of all kinds of schools — government, Govt. aided schools including private schools etc, located in the state with immediate effect and until further orders in the public interest because of the compelling circumstances and to ensure the safety of the students, teaching and non-teaching staff during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
The Education (S) Department, Government of Manipur on Tuesday issued an order to this effect.
All coaching class and private tuitions teaching school students located within Manipur as well as all boarding and hostels in schools and private hostels accommodating students has been ordered to continue to be suspended or closed with immediate effect and until further orders in the public interest.
Online classes will be resumed or continued as usual with immediate effect, the order stated.
Given the current surge in the number of COVID positive cases in the state in the wake of the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic and to avoid any kind of unwanted consequences likely to occur in the near future and to allay the fear and apprehensions among the students, teaching community, parents or guardians and all concerned stakeholders and taking into consideration all relevant aspects related to COVID-19 pandemic, the state government had issued an Order dated April 26, 2021, thereby declaring the commencement of summer vacation from May 1, 2021, to May 31, 2021, for the academic session 2021-2022 in all government, aided and private schools etc, affiliated to Board of Secondary Education, Manipur and Council of Higher Secondary Education, Manipur.
The order also mentioned that the prevailing situation of the COVID-19 positive cases and the numbers of deaths that occurred due to the COVID-19 pandemic has been examined by the state government and after a thorough examination of all such COVID related cases, the state government is of the view that there is still a need to close down all schools located within Manipur in the public interest.
The director (Education Schools), Manipur has also recommended the extension of closure of all kinds of schools considering the prevailing situation of COVID-19 pandemic in the state, besides promulgation of curfew and restriction of movements of people and vehicles in most of the districts, the order added.